Inter-rater reliability and prognostic value of baseline Radiographic Assessment of Lung Edema (RALE) scores in observational cohort studies of inpatients with COVID-19.
Nameer S Al-YousifSaketram KomanduriHafiz QurashiAnatoliy KorzhukHalimat O LawalNicholas AbourizkCaitlin SchaeferKevin J MitchellCatherine M DietzEllen K HughesClara S BrandtGeorgia M FitzgeraldRobin JoyceAsmaa S ChaudhryDaniel KotokJose D RiveraAndrew I KimShruti ShettigarAllen LavinaChristine E GirardSamantha R GillenwaterAnas HadehWilliam BainFaraaz A ShahMatthew BittnerMichael LuNiall PrendergastJohn EvankovichKonstantin GolubykhNavitha RameshJana J JacobsCathy KessingerBarbara MetheJanet S LeeAlison MorrisBryan J McVerryGeorgios D KitsiosPublished in: BMJ open (2023)
With a reproducible method to measure radiographic severity in COVID-19, we found significant associations with clinical and physiologic severity, host inflammation and clinical outcomes. The incorporation of radiographic severity assessments in clinical decision-making may provide important guidance for prognostication and treatment allocation in COVID-19.